Validity of retrospective measures of early maltreatment and depressive episodes using the Childhood Experience of Care and Abuse (CECA) instrument — A life-course study of adult chronic depression — 2

2007 ◽  
Vol 103 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 217-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Brown ◽  
Tom K.J. Craig ◽  
Tirril O. Harris ◽  
Rachel V. Handley ◽  
Anna L. Harvey
2007 ◽  
Vol 103 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 225-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
George W. Brown ◽  
Tom K.J. Craig ◽  
Tirril O. Harris ◽  
Rachel V. Handley ◽  
Anna L. Harvey ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1785-1785
Author(s):  
M. Berger ◽  
E.-L. Brakemeier ◽  
E. Schramm

Chronic depression accounts for roughly a third of all mood disorders. It is a particularly disabling disorder, which is associated with greater comorbidity and suicidality, more significant impairments in functioning, and increased health care utilization than acute major depressive episodes. In the past, chronic depression was often considered as treatment-resistant since traditional pharmacological and psychological treatment approaches show at most modest success. In addition, relatively few psychotherapy studies have focused on chronic (mostly dysthymia) forms of depression. However, in chronic Major Depression a specific form of psychotherapy, the Cognitive Behavioral Analysis System of Psychotherapy (CBASP), proved to be equally effective than medication; the combination of CBASP and medication revealed significant superiority over both monotherapies.CBASP-developed by James McCullough-is the only psychotherapeutic intervention specifically designed for chronic depression. The approach integrates behavioral, cognitive, psychodynamic, and interpersonal strategies. It focuses on problems resulting from an inhibition of maturation in early childhood often caused by early traumatization by using the therapeutic relationship in a disciplined personal way. In addition, other interpersonal strategies are applied to overcome preoperational thinking. By means of a specific behavioral technique, the Situation Analysis, patients learn to focus on the consequences of their behavior and to use efficient social problem-solving. The techniques of CBASP will be demonstrated.Results of two pilot studies will be presentedFirst, a randomized pilot outpatient study comparing CBASP with the interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT) in early onset chronically depressives was conducted showing significant superiority of CBASP against IPT. Second, a first open pilot study in the inpatient setting investigated a new modified multidisciplinary CBASP inpatient program. The data of the first patients suggest that the three-month CBASP inpatient program is a feasible and effective treatment for severely chronically depressed patients with severly to extreme traumatization.


2002 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 572-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Smith ◽  
D. Lam ◽  
A. Bifulco ◽  
S. Checkley

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 ◽  
pp. e3054
Author(s):  
Nadia Irina Santillanes Allande

Based on ethnographic work with undocumented immigrant women who developed depressive episodes due to various forms of violence, this article recovers the women’s experience of care in the clinic space of their host country. Through therapeutic itineraries of care, the article focuses on the case studies of two women of Mexican origin in New York City to describe, based on their experience, the communication and the encounter between the doctor and patient; the expectations of migrant women regarding mental health care services; and the explanatory models of depression of both the patients and the treating physicians. This analysis seeks to contribute to the knowledge regarding ways of treating the mental health problems of undocumented women in contexts of violence.


2005 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 563-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Bifulco ◽  
O. Bernazzani ◽  
P. M. Moran ◽  
C. Jacobs

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